French School, 19th Century Portrait of Henry and Adrienne de Chavagnac

Description:

French School, 19th Century

Portrait of Henry and Adrienne de Chavagnac
Signed and dated "...IL 1804" in pen l.r., identified on a label accompanying the lot.
Oil on canvas, 18 x 15 in. (45.7 x 38.1 cm),framed.
Condition: Lined, retouch, craquelure, surface grime.


Estimate $1,800-2,200

Prominent craquelure with occasional areas of tenting. Scattered small dots of retouch, including two on the man's face beneath his nose and on his lip, two on the woman's face at the temple and cheek, a small dot on the man's ruffled shirt and a cluster on his trouser legs; scatted dots to background.


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